The post They Downsized in Michigan to Stretch Their Social Security. The New Tax Bill Ate the Whole COLA Raise. appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. A couple in their late sixties sells the four-bedroom colonial where they raised their children outside Grand Rapids. The plan is simple: cash out the equity, move into a two-bedroom condo, drop the lawn service and snow plowing, and watch the property-tax bill shrink. Instead, the next summer’s tax st…